Quotes About Belief

In discarding a literal religious explanation, it becomes easy to discredit the hard-won wisdom often bundled up with it.

Of the many causes that shaped St. Francis's actions, a primary one was the belief that his actions mattered, and that he had a responsibility to change the world around him. This belief, in itself, is a "cause." The idea of free will is a self-fulfilling prophecy; those who abide by it are liberated from the absolute determinism of external forces. Chance

It is precisely because the unknowns are so great and dangerous that we require some manner of faith to choose our path and to give us courage.

But it seems clear that an increasing majority are not being helped by traditional religions and belief systems. Many are unable to separate the truth in the old doctrines from the distortions and degradations that time has added, and since they cannot accept error, they reject the truth as well. Others are so desperate for some order that they cling rigidly to whatever belief happens to be at hand—warts and all—and become fundamentalist Christians, or Muslims, or communists.

true, they abandon faith in everything else they have learned. Deprived of the customary supports that cultural values had given them, they flounder in a morass of anxiety and apathy.

Breaking out of the fatalistic acceptance of genetic or historical programming requires, at the very least, a belief in freedom and self-determination.

Robert Galvin says that creativity consists of anticipation and commitment. Anticipation involves having a vision of something that will become important in the future before anybody else has it; commitment is the belief that keeps one working to realize the vision despite doubt and discouragement.

you have to assume that it can be done. If you don't assume that, you won't even try. And I always assume that not only it can be done, but I can do it.

It is not the skills we actually have that determine how we feel but the ones we think we have.

A woman will always accept such talk, however false she knows it to be. The older and uglier she is the more readily will she do so, because she desires to believe it

Hanefitai ir krikš?ionys, žydai ir magai tuš?iai jo ieškojo.Žem?je t?ra dvejopi žmon?s. Protingi, kurie neturi tik?jimo, ir tikintieji, kurie neturi proto

Pragnij, by twój puchar byÅ' peÅ'ny, chÅ'opcze, i nie zadowalaj siÄ™ wszystkim, co ci bÄ™dÄ… mówi?, lecz ufaj bardziej swoim bystrym oczom.

Cz?owiek jest niewolnikiem swego serca i zamyka oczy na to, co nie jest dla niego przyjemne, a wierzy w to, na co ma nadziej?.

Men i Herrens sted plasserte han seg selv. Og det var den verste formen for læstadianisme, den kaldeste, den mest nådeløse. Læstadianismen uten Gud.

After reading on, I realized why she didn't tell the truth. She revealed that she was a postmodernist who didn't even like to use the word 'truth'.

Feminist just can't help but lie because there is no such thing as the truth. That's what they tell us but no one really knows whether it's true.

Christians can influence the world for the better again. But it will mean making a commitment to stand by a worldview that current society often rejects and ridicules.

I might believe some powerful truths, but if those beliefs are only in my head and don't impact the way I live, nothing about my life will draw others to faith.

That's the problem with our perspective; we always assume we're right based on the information we have.

On the other hand, Jesus rebuked those who could not receive because of their lack of faith in Him.

when we pray in agreement with God's will, our "weak prayers" move the heart of God even if they do not move ours.

When we meet the great men and women of the Bible face-to-face, we may be surprised to discover just how much like us they are. It is faith in a great God that makes a great man or woman of God.

Beloved, our private times of prayer and our public prayer meetings may not move us, but they move the angels, and more importantly, they move the heart of God. Never measure your prayers by what you feel; when we pray in agreement with God's will, our "weak prayers" move the heart of God even if they do not move ours.

Discipleship isn't a random assortment of facts and propositions and behaviors, discipleship is something that is you to the core and is completely incarnated in you.